Filipino Food and Restaurants in Chicago

Filipino restaurant and catering company on Lawrence Avenue in Jefferson Park from chef and owner Kathy Vega Hardy, who started with a food truck in Denver. It serves breakfast and lunch, such as lumpia, chicken adobo and longanisa scotch eggs, and offers kamayan buffets, pop-up dinners and cooking classes.

Michelin-recognized restaurant on Montrose Avenue in Ravenswood from husband-and-wife Lawrence Letrero and Raquel Quadreny, serving a reservations-only tasting menu inspired by Filipino and Cuban cuisine. Its sister restaurant, Bayan Ko Diner, is a few doors west.

All-day sister restaurant to Bayan Ko on Montrose Avenue in Ravenswood from Lawrence Letrero and Raquel Quadreny, serving Filipino and Cuban brunch and dinner, such as beef tapa garlic rice plates, sisig hash and longanisa breakfast burritos.

Filipino restaurant on Western Avenue in North Center from chef and owner Joe Fontelera, a Chicago native, serving family-style plates such as sisig, short rib kare kare and longganisa. It opens for lunch on Fridays and Saturdays and for dinner Wednesday through Saturday.

Family-owned modern Filipino restaurant on Lincoln Avenue in Lakeview run by brothers Marlon, Melvan and Martin Tan. It serves brunch and dinner, with dishes such as Cebu lechon, adobo chilaquiles, sisig and ube waffles with fried chicken.

Bridgeport coffee shop opened in June 2025 by Zandro Zafra, who grew up in the Philippines, serving pandan and ube lattes and baked goods from his Kapwa Bakery in Niles.

Jollibee, the Philippine fast-food chain, in Chicago, Illinois, run as a company-operated store by Jollibee Foods Corporation's North American arm. This listing is the 5033 North Elston Avenue store; Chicago also has a Jollibee at South Michigan Avenue downtown. The store offers dine-in, takeout, delivery and catering.

Counter-service Filipino-Hawaiian bodega on Damen Avenue in Ravenswood from chef and co-owner Julius Tacadena, who was born in the Philippines and raised in Hawaii. It sells musubi, bento boxes and ube banana pudding, plus shelves of Asian snacks and drinks.

Filipino restaurant in Ukrainian Village run by husband-and-wife chefs Tim Flores and Genie Kwon. It runs a counter-service bakery and cafe by day and a reservation-only Filipino tasting menu at night, and it holds two Michelin stars.

Filipino restaurant and bar on Belmont Avenue in Lakeview co-owned by Christine Ledesma, serving dishes such as adobo short ribs, pancit canton and kansi, and kamayan-style boodle feasts for groups of four or more booked two days ahead.

Filipino cafe on Ashland Avenue in West Town from a team of Filipino owners including Melvin Reyes and Zandro Zafra, serving rice bowls, Filipino-inspired sandwiches such as the candy tocino burger, and pandan and ube drinks.

Chicago franchise of Max's Restaurant, the Philippine fried-chicken chain, and its first branch in the Midwest, opened in 2019 next to Seafood City on Elston Avenue by Leslie Food Ventures, co-founded by Filipino-American Chicago native Viola. It serves Filipino dishes for dine-in, takeout and delivery.

Family-run Filipino cafe and restaurant on Bryn Mawr Avenue in North Park that began as a home kitchen in 2021. It serves silog plates, chicken adobo, chicken lumpia, street-food skewers, boodle fights by reservation and house-made desserts, and does not serve pork.

Filipino-Hawaiian counter in the Chicago French Market at Ogilvie station from Filipino-American chef and owner Roland Floro Calupe, serving rice bowls, musubi, lumpia and ube coffee drinks, with office catering and private chef services.

Family-owned Filipino restaurant on Pulaski Road in Albany Park, serving since 1997. It has a hot bar of turo-turo dishes, all-day silog breakfasts, kare kare, dinuguan and crispy pata, and takes party tray orders.

Filipino and Indian cafe on North Avenue in Wicker Park, co-owned by chef Jacob Dela Cruz, who draws on his Filipino heritage, with chef Zubair Mohajir. It serves pastries such as pandan doughnuts, breakfast sandwiches and specialty lattes, and shares its space with Salt Burger and Fries.

Corner coffee shop on Damen Avenue in Ravenswood opened in 2020 by Francis Almeda, who is Filipino. It serves Filipino-inspired drinks such as pandan-vanilla and ube lattes and hosts regular pop-ups by Filipino food makers.

Casual Filipino restaurant in an Albany Park strip mall on Kimball Avenue with a large menu of garlic rice breakfast bowls, combo plates, sinigang, dinuguan, empanadas, egg rolls, pancit trays and desserts such as ube halaya and turon.

River North restaurant founded by Filipino-American restaurateur Billy Dec, serving pan-Asian dishes with a strong Filipino influence, such as lumpia, adobo pork belly and kamayan feasts, alongside sushi and dim sum.

Filipino restaurant on Milwaukee Avenue in Jefferson Park, under new ownership since 2024, serving La Paz batchoy, lechon kawali, kare kare, crispy pata and sizzling sisig, with catering.

Diner on Grand Avenue in West Town, open since 1991 and co-owned by Lucy Serrano, known for Filipino breakfast plates of longanisa, tocino, bangus and skirt steak with garlic rice and eggs, alongside American breakfasts and lunch.